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Had a sarong with this cross-hatch print. Thought it would look great with two tone pleats and made a pseudo kilt out of it.
Sorry it's kinda hard to take a good photo of the back with just one mirror

I think the average person would not argue with you on it being a kilt. A real Scottish kilt man, might have an issue, but how many of them are in your part of the world?

A sarong is a wrap skirt. Think of a kilt as a kind of wrap skirt, with an apron in the front, and pleats in the back. If this garment is not a real kilt, it is a genuine pseudo-kilt.

Nice job!

Grok wrote: ↑Tue Dec 09, 2025 7:15 pm A sarong is a wrap skirt. Think of a kilt as a kind of wrap skirt, with an apron in the front, and pleats in the back. If this garment is not a real kilt, it is a genuine pseudo-kilt.

This was a cotton sarong, which is just a rectangle sheet joined to form a tube. I opened the tube, halved it and joined it back together into a long length.

By construction this is a kilt: a wrap skirt with two front aprons and pleats in the back. The only differences are that it is made of soft cotton not tartan, and fastened with buttons instead of straps. Hence a pseudo kilt.

Nicely done! It would pass as kilt-ish to the average person for sure.

Kay wrote: ↑Wed Dec 10, 2025 9:33 amBy construction this is a kilt: a wrap skirt with two front aprons and pleats in the back. The only differences
are that it is made of soft cotton not tartan*, and fastened with buttons instead of straps. Hence a pseudo kilt.

*Tartan isn't a specific material, but rather a pattern of crisscrossed horizontal and vertical stripes, traditionally
woven from wool, though now made from various fabrics like cotton, silk, or synthetics, to represent Scottish clans,
families, or regions.

In reality, a "Pseudo-kilt" does not exist.
A Kilt is a skirted garment - PERIOD
You've chosen a type of material, originally made as a Sarong, AND CONVERTED IT INTO A KILT.
Fastening the kilt to your person has, traditionally, been accomplished by leather straps and/or buttons.
Modern fastening may use velcro yet maintain the need of a belt IF the velcro straps come un-done.

Good luck in your continued efforts to convert a garment info a 'skirt/kilt', but
PLEASE drop the 'Pseudo-Kilt' terminology. It doesn't exist.

Uncle Al

I have made several kilts out of cotton or cotton blend pattern material. Currently have two lengths of material in a cotton blend material. One in the Alberta Canada tartan pattern and one in the Saskatchewan Canada tartan pattern. Both will get made up into a kilt this winter.
For Uncle Al. pseudo-kilt may not exist but mine will not be traditional length, at 18 inches, so I guess they are skirts.
I have had skirts I've made called kilts and Good Kilts I've bought called skirts. Normally accompanied by I like your. I always just say Thank You.